It's getting worse at Finger Lakes
 

Try this condition on for size!

Race 7 - 2:57 PM EXACTA * TRIFECTA * PICK 3 (50 Cent Minimum: Races 7-8-9)
CLAIMING $5,000
Purse $10,000. For Three Year Olds And Upward For Trainers Which Have Not Started At Presque Isle In The 2011 Racing Season. A minimum of 15 starts at Finger Lakes in 2011 is required. Three Year Olds, 121 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Non-winners of two races since October 12 Allowed 2 Lbs. A race since then Allowed 4 Lbs. Claiming Price $5,000 (Races where entered for $4,500 or less not considered). Six Furlongs.

Anybody have any PP lines for those trainers??

--next condition will be "ANYONE WHO HAS LOST OVER $10,000 IN SLOTS THIS SUMMER" !!!!

Is the horse riding the trainer in these races?

:eek:

As the live Finger lakes season is winding down, the racing secretary is likely carding races for specific horses, knowing full well in advance of when the condition gook is published that there are at least 5 that qualify for that particular race. Doing favours for specific trainers, making sure a card of races fills and attempting not to end up with uncompetitive boat races. The futher (comical) qualifications could have been specified as: '...whose names are, or whose trainers names are: ...'

I believe racing secretaries do this all the time: card race conditions to get certain horses to draw in. This racing secretary seems to have a bit of a sense of humour, or is getting desperate.

Ted

By Jove you may be on to something, FTL. It's a whole new way of handicapping the races!

For an adventure in absurdity let's handicap today's seventh race at Finger Lakes using only the trainer's last ten races (not the horse's past peformances) in their "past performances."

Finger Lakes - November 11, 2011
ALLOWANCE Purse $25,000.For Three Year Olds And Upward. Three Year Olds, 121 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Non-winners of $15,000 in 2011 Allowed 3 Lbs. Non-winners of two races since October 11 Allowed 5 Lbs. A race since then Allowed 7 Lbs. A race in 2011 Allowed 9 Lbs. (Races where entered for $20,000 or less not considered in allowances) (2 Lbs. additional for each stake won since September 11 2011). Five And One Half Furlongs.

#2 Smokin' Hero 5/2
Attachment 24799

#1 Bob's Dylan 4-1
Attachment 24800

#3 Pro's Pal 6-1
Attachment 24801

#4 Too Tough Pete 10-1
Attachment 24802

#5 Wayside Park 15-1
No trainer data available

#6 Tommy's Memory 6-1
Attachment 24803

#7 Too Tough Jake 7/2
Attachment 24804

#1a Ryan's Gift 4-1
Attachment 24805

End

Result:

Attachment 24817

For years now, many of the trainers at FL run faster than the horses. We have many horses, though, that run triple digit Beyers all the time. The first digit, however, is a "-" !:rolleyes:

Bwhahaha!